Source: VPD Investigates New Year’s Day Homicide | Vancouver Police Department
Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s first homicide in 2019 after a man in his 30s was killed Tuesday evening in the Downtown Eastside.
Just after 8 p.m. on January 1st, the VPD was called to an assault inside an apartment on Powell Street near Gore Street. Officers located a man in his suite in obvious medical distress. He died at the scene.
Detectives from the VPD’s Homicide Unit have identified the victim as 39-year-old Vancouver resident Matthew Dillen Johnson.
No arrests have been made.
Investigators are continuing to collect evidence to determine what led to the man’s death and who is responsible. Based on the initial investigation, detectives do not believe the public is at risk.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call police at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Vancouver Police providing details on first homicide of 2019. Police say too early to talk potential motive in killing of Matthew Johnson in a Downtown Eastside apartment on New Year’s Day. Police don’t believe public at risk. pic.twitter.com/Zwr184DEnu
— Martin MacMahon (@martinmacmahon) January 2, 2019
Victim of Vancouver's first homicide of 2019 identified https://t.co/RAO73hTqr9 pic.twitter.com/mgY2ptJ1t9
— The Vancouver Sun (@VancouverSun) January 2, 2019
A 39-year-old man killed on New Year's Day is #Vancouver's first homicide of 2019 https://t.co/zxtJn6Fbud pic.twitter.com/2gzTmAnUJ6
— Daily Hive Vancouver (@DailyHiveVan) January 2, 2019
Police say 39-year-old Matthew Dillen Johnson was killed near Powell and Gore Streets Tuesday evening. https://t.co/ljyhFnNY1L
— CityNews 1130 Vancouver (Inactive) (@news1130) January 2, 2019
